Food with Xie and family

China, some beauty and challenges

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September 8th 2017
We set off on this trip as a bit of a challenge, we are still eating, enjoying ourselves, seeing the sights, communicating with Baidu translator, by pointing, using GPS maps, taxi cards written in Chinese and relaxing when out and about with Hamish and Chinese friends. The major challenge of course is the language. There is some English in many key areas of the larger cities, airports, metros, som ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more